Sale 2487 - African-American Fine Art, October 4, 2018

167 c LORNA SIMPSON (1960 - ) Counting . Photogravure with screenprint on wove paper, 1991. 2000x991 mm; 78 3 / 4 x39 inches (sheet). Signed, dated and numbered 44/60 in pencil, lower right. Provenance: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, with the label on the frame back; the Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1991). Conceptual artist Lorna Simpson explores the experiences of African-American women in contemporary society. In Counting , she brings together imagery that places a social and political emphasis on the physical transformation of hair for African-American women.   [4,000/6,000]